The Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller University is a private graduate university in New York City devoted primarily to biomedical research. Founded in 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, it was the first institution in the United States dedicated solely to biomedical research and later became a university in 1965. It is located on Manhattan's Upper East Side along the East River and is renowned for its contributions to biomedical sciences, including Nobel Prize-winning research in areas such as immunology, cell biology, and neuroscience. The university operates as a small, highly selective research institution with no undergraduate program. It offers doctoral programs through the David Rockefeller Graduate Program and hosts a large community of postdoctoral researchers and faculty. Its campus includes laboratories, residential housing, and academic facilities designed to support interdisciplinary biomedical investigation.